that ’s because it ’s been presented .
with her statement , sebelius waded into the controversy over monday 's announcement by the u.s. preventive services task force that women in their 40s should not get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer .
the report " should n't be dismissed , " sebelius said on cnn 's " the situation room . "
mammograms have indicated that they will do the same , " sebelius said in a statement . "
 
it ’s not that the decision does n’t make sense : it costs a lot to screen women for breast cancer in their 40s , and very few actually have it — something like 1.4 % .
still , it ’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that women in their 40s do n’t need to endure the annual indignity of baring their breasts to the radiologist after all .
at the same time , it produces almost 10 % false positives , which cost a lot more to follow up with further imaging and biopsies .
sebelius ' statement is aimed at " making it clear these recommendations are not ours , " a white house source said .